A flavorful Andhra/Telangana delicacy prepared with split pigeon peas, yellow cucumber and with assorted spices.
Prep Time:15 mins
Cook Time:40 mins
Total Time:55 mins
Course: Main Course, sides
Cuisine: South Indian, Telugu
Servings: 4
Author: Srividhya G
Ingredients
- Toor Dal – 1 cup
- Chopped Dosakaya/Yellow Cucumber – 4 cups
- Green chili – 2
- Oil – 2 tsps
- Ginger – ½ inch optional
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 2 tsps
- Hing – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – few 5 to 6
- Chopped Cilantro – 2 tbsps
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Red chili powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – 2 tsps
- Half of medium sized onion
- Tomato – 1
- Tamarind paste – 1/2 tsp
- Water – 2 cups + 1 cup
Instructions
Prep –Work
- Wash the toor dal and soak it until you chop the veggies. Then drain the water and set aside.
- Wash and chop the onion, tomatoes, cilantro and yellow cucumber (peel the skin) into small pieces.
- Slit the green chili into two.
- If using ginger, cut them into small pieces.
- Mix 1/2 tsp of tamarind paste in 1 cup of water and set aside.
Steps
Instant Pot Method
- Set your IP in the saute mode and add oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and hing.
- As the mustard seeds start to crackle, add the curry leaves and chopped ginger.
- Saute for a minute and then add the onion.
- Cook until the onions turn translucent.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes and yellow cucumber. Mix them all.
- At this stage add the toor dal. Then add the turmeric powder, salt, red chili powder. Mix them all again.
- Then add the tamarind water, plus two more cups of water. Stir all the ingredients and set the IP in manual mode and cook for 12 minutes.
- Let the pressure release normally and once the pressure is dropped carefully open the lid.
- Set the IP back in saute mode and now add the chopped cilantro. Let it simmer for two more minutes, and that’s it.
- Dosakaya pappu is ready. Serve hot with rice and any dry curry.
Source: https://www.vidhyashomecooking.com/instant-pot-dosakaya-pappu-yellow-cucumber-dal/#warm-recipe-container-11810